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Simultaneously with the arrest in Canada of the chief of financial office of Huawei, China, instead of taking radical action, declares its readiness to reduce import duties on cars from the United States.

For a long time, the economies of China and the United States went "hand in hand", complementing each other: Americans, for reasons of economy, transferred their production to the PRC, the Chinese used a huge American market.

As serious problems emerge with the further development of China’s ultra-ambitious New Economic Silk Road, the formally named Belt, Road Initiative (BRI) the Russian Federation, especially in the wake of Washington’s mis-named trade war, is findin

We hear a lot of sneers directed at the rich. Like “the 1 per cent,” “greedy” or “fat cats.” Today, I’ll ask: To what extent do the rich deserve these insults? Then, I’ll look at poverty, and ask: Why are so many people poor?

Before I delve into the heart of the matter, it is imperative to once again invoke the JCPOA (Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action) better known as the Iranian nuclear deal that was signed in July of 2015 by P5+1 (US, UK, France, Russia, China + Ger